Baltimore Ravens RB Rice indicted on aggravated assault charge

8:38 PM,
Mar. 27, 2014

Written by

Brent Sobleski
| USA TODAY Sports

A grand jury in Atlantic County has indicted Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice on a charge of aggravated assault, the prosecutor's office announced Thursday.

Rice had faced only a charge of simple assault for allegedly hitting his fiancee, Janay Palmer, at the Revel Casino on Feb. 15. But prosecutors turned the case over to a grand jury, which elevated the charge to aggravated assault. Rice could face a sentence of three to five years in prison if convicted.